I would say something about Anthony Weiner, but it appears he has had enough exposure already. Given all we now know about Weiner and his Internet … uh … habits, it appears the most shocking thing we’ve heard from him lately is that he still intends to run for mayor of New York. My guess is voters there might still forgive him if he promises to let people drink more than 16 ounces of soda pop. The Senate passed a bill this week that ought to keep government-backed student loans at low interest rates. If there is one thing with which Congress has experience, it’s knowing how to borrow money easily. To be fair, Congress ought to pass a law letting today’s students pass their loans onto their children or grandchildren. If North Korea should get belligerent again any time soon, the United States could do worse than threatening to drop copies of “The Lone Ranger” or “R.I.P.D.” on them. The world hasn’t seen bombs that big in a long time. The Postal Service still exceeds Hollywood for losses this summer. Congress now is considering eliminating door-to-door delivery to save money. The next step would be to eliminate deliveries during snow, rain, heat or gloom of night. The Postal Services wants to deliver mail to “cluster boxes” rather than to individual homes. For example, Texas could have a cluster box in Austin, Kansas could have one in Topeka, etc. Think of the feelings of anticipation you would get as you drive hundreds of miles to pick up your junk mail. Maybe we’re going about this push for democracy around the world all wrong. We ought to be pushing for monarchies. Then when royal babies are born, people will be too excited to do anything bad to each other. My favorite breaking news alert of the week: Kate Middleton still not yet skinny again.

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